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Aircraft Archive: Airbus
Outgoing Widebody Values Suffer
The market for most widebodies continues to be at odds to traffic growth with values for continuing to fall. The arrival of new products and the divesting of older types is contributing to the lack luster nature of the widebody market. The virtual wholesale replacement of the widebody product line…

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October 1, 2018
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Aircraft Asset Assessment
Market Presence. While Boeing sought to capitalize on the delays to the A380 they ignored their own problems with respect to the B787 and then the B747-8. Public relations, customer perceptions and most of all finances, have been adversely affected by the difficulties. The first 65 aircraft required some degree…

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October 1, 2018
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A310-300 Values Slide Into Abyss
Placing a value on the A310-300 is something of an irrelevance as asset based financing is no longer a viable option for the type. The decline in the -300 fleet over the years says it all. The aircraft was converted to freighter but a reasonable number remained in the passenger…

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September 17, 2018
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Freighter Values Benefit from Stable Traffic
While the market for airfreight is lower now that any time since 2016, the upward trend is still sufficient to keep freighter values stable. The slowdown for July 2018 compared to the previous July was apparent with only 2.1 percent growth being recorded according to IATA. This meant that the…

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September 17, 2018
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A321neo Fuel Tank Status Warrants Premium
The number of auxiliary fuel tanks installed in the A321 is becoming of greater importance as heavier examples are delivered. The success of the A321 in recent years has been due to only its capacity but its range capability. As the maximum take off weights have been increased, this has…

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September 17, 2018
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End of Line B737-800 Values Show Fatigue
Some have long sought to dispel the apparent perception that aircraft built in the final years of the program are not subject to greater than average deterioration particularly with respect to the and B737-800 but there is growing evidence that values of those -800s delivered recently are falling at a…

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September 17, 2018
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Rentals Stable But Should They Be Rising?
The lease rentals of new narrowbodies continue to remain stable but in the context of strong demand there should be some upward movement. Indeed, lease rentals of the more popular types such as the A320ceo, A320neo, B737-800 and B737-8 remain well below $390,000 per month. There are some deals still…

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September 17, 2018
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Widebody Maintenance Reserves & EOL Compensation Set to Fall?
The July 2018 agreement between CFM and IATA to improve competition, and thereby prevent the European Commission from continuing its investigation of the current business models of the engine OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers), is extending to the widebody sector as well which will see the maintenance reserves and EOL amounts…

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September 17, 2018
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